YasirQadhi

YasirQadhi isa lecturerandIslamicoratorwhohasauthoredseveralbooksaboutIslam.HeisapopularspeakerinmanyMuslimcirclesintheUnitedStates,Canada,England and Australia. He was born in Houston, Texas, went to high school inJeddah, Saudi Arabia, and graduatedwith a BSc in chemical engineering from theUniversityofHouston.Hepursuedaneducation in Islamicstudies,and left for theIslamic University of Madinah in Saudi Arabia. There, he completed a secondbachelor’s degree, specializing inhadith studies, and thenwent on to complete anMA in Islamic theology. After the horrific events of 9/11, he decided to return toAmerica,andcompletedaPhDinIslamicStudiesfromYaleUniversityinNewHaven,

Connecticut.Currently,heisanassociateprofessorofreligiousstudiesatRhodesCollegeinMemphis,TN,the dean of academic affairs of Al-Maghrib Institute, and the resident scholar of theMemphis IslamicCenter.OmarSuleiman

OmarSuleimanis the President of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research andteaches Islamic Studies at Southern Methodist University. Shaykh founded theYaqeenInstituteforIslamicResearch,whichisathinktankthatfocusesoninstillingconviction based on Islamic texts, and producing contribution. He also foundedM.U.H.S.E.N (Muslims Understanding and Helping Special Education Needs), anonprofit umbrella organization serving the community to establish a moreinclusive “Special Friendly” environment for our Brothers & Sisters of allDisabilities.He has taught Islamic Studies at the university level since 2008 withMishkah University, Al Maghrib Institute, Bayyinah Institute, and the Islamic

Seminary of America. In media, he’s one of the creators of the internationally acclaimed “InspirationSeries”whichhasreachedmillionsofMuslimsandNonMuslimsthroughYouTubeandIslamicTelevisionstationsworldwide.He’salsoknownforhisseriesonQuranweeklyaswellashiscontributionstoHadithoftheDay.NoumanAliKhan

NoumanAliKhanwasrecentlylistedamongthetop500mostinfluentialMuslimsin the world. He is the CEO of Bayyinah Institute, which furthers the cause ofQur'an awareness and Arabic education throughout the world. With severalmillionfollowersinsocialmedia,UstadhNoumancontinuestoleveragehisworld-wide reach to promote a better understanding of the Qur'an based on rigorousresearch, yet easy to understand language. He has already completed a videotranslation of the entire Qur'an, and is dedicated to completing an exhaustivetafsiroverthenextfewyears.

MehdiHasan

Mehdi Hasan is an award-winning British journalist, broadcaster, author andpolitical commentator.He is thepresenter of bothUpFront (filmed inWashingtonDC)andHeadtoHead(filmedattheOxfordUnion).HemovedtoAlJazeerafromtheHuffingtonPostUKwherehewaspoliticaldirector.Hehasbeennamedoneof the100'mostinfluential'BritonsonTwitter,andwasincludedintheannualgloballistof “The 500 Most Influential Muslims” in the world. Mehdi is the author of twobooks.

AzharAzeez

AzharAzeezwasborninHyderabad,IndiaandmovedtotheU.S.in1995.Hehasabachelor’s degree in Finance from Osmania University, an MBA, and is currentlypursuing his PhD in Islamic studies. He currently serves as the Senior NationalDirector of Islamic Relief USA – one of the largest Muslim charities in the world.Azhar Azeez is the president of ISNA, has served as member of ISNA ExecutiveCouncilsince2002,andwaselectedastheVicePresidentof ISNAin2010&2012.Azhar Azeez is the past president of the North Texas Islamic Council, and is the

founderandthepastpresidentoftheIslamicAssociationofCarrolton.Heisapublicandamotivationalspeaker who travels regularly around the U.S. for various local, regional and national Islamicorganizations.AltafHusain

AltafHusainisanativeofCleveland,Ohio;andadoublealumnusofCaseWesternReserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, having earned his BSc in biomedicalengineering andhisMS in socialwork.He receivedhisPhD in socialwork fromHowardUniversityinWashington,DC.Dr.Husain'sresearchinterestsincludethemental health and integration of immigrant and refugee families, and especiallyMuslimadolescents,intheUnitedStates.HeservesasthevicepresidentofISNA,memberoftheboardofdirectorsofMSANational,andanadvisoryboardmemberofthePeacefulFamiliesProject-dedicatedtothepreventionofdomesticviolence.His past service to the community includes serving as a two-term national

presidentoftheMSAandanexecutivecommitteememberoftheMuslimAllianceinNorthAmerica.Dr.HusainandhisfamilyresideinNorthernVirginia.DaliaMogahed

Dalia Mogahed is the director of research at the Institute for Social Policy andUnderstanding. Mogahed is former executive director of the Gallup Center forMuslim Studies. She coauthored the bookWho Speaks for Islam?What a BillionMuslimsReallyThink, with John L. Esposito. President Barack Obama appointedMogahedtothePresident’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships in2009. She was invited to testify before the US Senate Committee on ForeignRelations about US engagement with Muslim communities, and she providedsignificantcontributionstotheHomelandSecurityAdvisoryCouncil’sCountering

Violent ExtremismWorking Group recommendations. She is a frequent expert commentator in globalmediaoutletsandinternationalforums.SheisalsotheCEOofMogahedConsulting.YasminMogahed

Yasmin Mogahed received her B.S. Degree in Psychology and her Masters inJournalism and Mass Communications from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After completing her graduate work, she taught Islamic Studies andserved as the Sisters’ YouthDirector for the Islamic Society ofMilwaukee.Shealsoworked as awriting instructor for Cardinal Stritch University, and a staffcolumnistfortheIslamsectionofInFocusNews.Currentlyshe’sanindependentmedia consultant, a writer for the Huffington Post, and an author forSuhaibwebb.com,whereshefocusesmostofherworkonspiritualandpersonaldevelopment.Herwrittenworks, including a book chapter on the portrayal ofIslampost-911,haveappearedinprintandonlinepublicationsworldwide.

TamaraGray

Tamara Gray is the founder of Rabata, an organization dedicated to promotingpositiveculturalchangethroughindividualempowerment,spiritualupbringingofwomenbywomen,andtherevivalofthefemalevoiceinscholarship.ShelivedinSyriafortwentyyears,studyingsacredknowledgeandtravelingalongtheroadoftarbiya (spiritual upbringing). Anse Tamara studied a full curriculum of Islamicsacred textsandsubjects including:Shāfiʿī jurisprudence (fiqh), Islamic theology(ʿaqīda),Quranicsciences(tafsīrandtajwīd),Arabicgrammar(naḥū),geographyoftheMuslimworld,Islamiccivilizationandculture,Islamichistoryandclassicalmethodsofspiritualgrowth(tazkiya).

IngridMattson

IngridMattsonisascholarofIslamicstudies,anexpertininterfaithrelations,and a Muslim religious leader. Since 2012, she has held the London andWindsorCommunityChair in IslamicstudiesatHuronUniversityCollege inLondon,Canada.PreviouslyshewasprofessorofIslamicstudiesatHartfordSeminary where she developed and directed the first accredited graduateprogramforMuslimchaplainsinAmerica.From2001-2010,Dr.Mattsonwaselected and served as vice-president, then president, of ISNA. Herwritingsfocus on Quranic studies, theological ethics and interfaith engagement. Dr.Mattson is a senior fellow of the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for IslamicThought in Amman, Jordan and has served onmany boards, including the

InterfaithTaskforceoftheWhiteHouseOfficeofFaith-BasedandNeighborhoodPartnerships,theCouncilofGlobalLeadersoftheC-100oftheWorldEconomicForumandtheLeadershipGroupoftheU.S.-MuslimEngagementProject.ZahraBilloo

ZahraBilloo is theexecutivedirectorofCAIRSanFranciscoBayArea. InherworkatCAIR, she frequentlyprovides trainingsatmosquesanduniversitiesas part of CAIR’s efforts to empower the community,while buildingbridgeswithalliesoncivilrightsissues.Zahra’seffortshavebeenhighlightedinlocaland national media outlets including KTVU, MSNBC, the Christian ScienceMonitor, theSan JoseMercuryNewsandNPR.She isa2014recipientof theNationalLawyersGuildSFBayAreaChapter'sUnsungHeroAwardanda2013recipient of the South Asian Bar Association of Northern California'sTrailblazer Award. Zahra graduated Cum Laude from CSU Long Beachwithdegrees inHumanResourcesManagement and Political Science. She earned

herJDfromUCHastingsCollegeofLaw,andislicensedtopracticelawinCalifornia.DaliaFahmy

DaliaFahmy is anassistantprofessorofpolitical scienceatLong IslandUniversitywhere she teaches courses on U.S. foreign policy, military and defense policy,international relations, causes of war, politics of the Middle East, and Islam anddemocracy.Dr.Fahmy’scurrentresearchlooksatthechangingroleofIslamistinthedemocratic future of the new Middle East, Islamophobia’s effects on U.S. ForeignPolicy,anddemocratizationandauthoritarianismintheMiddleEast.

MuzammilSiddiqi

MuzammilSiddiqireceivedhisBAinIslamicandArabicstudies fromtheIslamicUniversity of Medina, Saudi Arabia and later went on to complete a degree incomparative religion at Harvard University. Since 1981, he has served as thedirectoroftheIslamicSocietyofOrangeCountyinGardenGrove,California.HeisthechairmanoftheFiqhCouncilofNorthAmerica.Internationally,heisamemberof the executiveboardof the InternationalAssemblyof theCouncil ofUlama’ inMakkah; a member of the Supreme Islamic Council of Egypt and the SupremeCouncilofMosques inMakkah,SaudiArabia. InOctober2011,hewas invitedbyPopeBenedictXVItojoinhimandmanyotherreligiousleadersoftheworldina

pilgrimage of peace. Dr. Siddiqi served as the president of ISNA from 1996 – 2000, and is a currentmemberofISNA’sMajlisAsh-Shura.AbdallaIdrisAli

Abdalla IdrisAliservedas imamanddirector,andfoundedthe first full-timeIslamicschool inToronto,Canada.Heservedastheprincipalof ISNAIslamicCommunity School for17years.Healso servedon ISNA'sExecutiveCouncil,MajlisAsh-Shura,YouthandEducationCommitteeandaspresidentofISNAfortwoterms.HeisthechairoftheIslamicMediaFoundation,amemberofNAITBoard, a founding member of CISNA, and chair of ISNA Education Forum.SheikhAbdallawasappointeddirectorforCIENAinKansasCity,Missouri.HeservedontheboardoftrusteesofIBERR,whichservesminoritycommunities.HeiscurrentlyworkingastheexecutivedirectorofISNACanada.

AmeenaJandali

Ameena Jandali is a foundingmember and content director at IslamicNetworksGroup(ING)wheresheco-designsanddevelops ING’seducationalpresentationsandculturalcompetencyseminars.ThroughING,Ameenahasdeliveredhundredsofpresentations in schools, colleges,universities, churches, andothervenuesonIslamandrelatedsubjects.Shehasalsoappearedonmanynewsoutlets,speakingonissuesrelatingtoAmericanMuslims.AmeenateamteachesaclassonIslamatSanFranciscoCityCollege.ShereceivedherMAinNearEasternstudiesfromtheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,andBAinhistoryfromtheUniversityofIllinois.

RamiNashishibi

RamiNashashibi has served as the Executive Director of the Inner-CityMuslimActionNetwork(IMAN)sinceitsincorporationasanonprofitinJanuary1997.Hehas a PhD in sociology from theUniversity of Chicago and has been an adjunctprofessoratvariouscollegesanduniversitiesacrosstheChicagolandarea,wherehehastaughtarangeofsociology,anthropology,andothersocialsciencecourses.Rami has lectured across the world on a range of topics related to AmericanMuslimidentity,communityactivismandsocialjusticeissues,andisarecipientofseveralprestigiouscommunityserviceandorganizinghonors.

MujahidFletcher

Jaime “Mujahid” Fletcher is originally from Colombia, South America and migrated at the early age of 8 to Houston, TX. He graduated with Honors in the field of Interactive Media & Film from The Art Institute of Houston. Mujahid founded IslamInSpanish; a pioneering-educational non-profit organization dedicated to producing Spanish Multimedia to Educate Latinos about Islam. Mujahid Fletcher is a Filmmaker and long-standing member of NALIP (National Association of Latino Independent Producers) in Hollywood; an Entrepreneur as Owner and CEO of his own award-winning advertising agency “FocusPoint Studios.” A youth advocate and

founder of the Andalucia Media Arts Center, a one of a kind production studio. NihadAwad

Nihad Awad is the Executive Director and co-founder of the Council onAmerican-Islamic Relations, the largest non-profit Muslim civil rights andadvocacyorganizationintheUnitedStates.In1997,Mr.AwadservedonVicePresident Al Gore’s Civil Rights Advisory Panel to the White HouseCommission on Aviation Safety and Security. In 2004 hewas named one ofNationalJournal’smorethan100MostInfluentialPeopleintheUS.Mr.AwadisaregularparticipantintheU.S.DepartmentofState’s“InternationalVisitorsProgram”whichwelcomesforeigndignitaries,journalistsandacademicswhoarecurrentlyvisitingthePresidentoftheUnitedStates.Mr.Awadhastestified

beforebothhousesoftheU.S.CongressonmattersinvolvingMuslimsinAmerica.HeisamemberoftheUnitedStates InstituteofPeace’sAdvisoryCommitteeonUS-MuslimRelationsandcurrentlyenjoys theposition of U.S. Representative of the Vatican-affiliated International Committee on Muslim Christian(Catholic)Dialogue.HassanShibli

HassangraduatedMagnaCumLaude from theStateUniversityofNewYorkatBuffalo with a degree in Political Science concentrating on InternationalRelations.Hewasadmitted to theFloridaBar inDecember2011.Additionally,Hassan was admitted to practice in Florida’s federal courts in April 2012. Heinternedwith theNewYorkCivil LibertiesUnionandhaswrittenopinions fortwoNewYorkSupremeCourtJudges.InWesternNewYork,Hassanhasworkedwithvarious legalorganizations includingMuslimAdvocates,NationalLawyersGuild,ErieCountyBarAssociationandErieCountyFamilyCourt,tohelpdevelop

programs that protect the Civil Rights of all Americans, and help the American Muslim CommunityintegrateandcontributetoAmerica.Herunsasuccessfulacademicpublishingcompanyfocusingonthetraditional Islamic sciences, and is the founder of the Center for AmericanMuslimUnderstanding andChiefExecutiveDirectorofCAIRFlorida.

AbdulNasirJangda

Dallasbornandraised,AbdulNasirJangdabeganhisstudiesinKarachiatage10tomemorizetheQur’an,andagainafterhighschoolforthe7yearAlimcourseatJamia Binoria,while concurrently completing a bachelor’s degree; and he has amaster’s degree in Arabic and Islamic studies. He is a founding member andchairmanofMansfieldIslamicCenter,aninstructoratBayyinahInstitute,andthefounder and director of Qalam Institute. Through his weekly seerah podcasts,annual intensive programs on an array of subjects, and the full-time seminary,ShaykhAbdulNasirteachesandpersonallymentorsstudents,professionals,andfamilies in an environment catered for them. His newest project is QalamNow.

Qalam'seffortistoprovidepracticalIslamicknowledgefromthescholarsyoutrustatyourfingertips.JamillahKarim

JamillahKarimisanawardwinningauthor,lecturer,andblogger.Sheisco-authorof the newbookWomenof theNation:BetweenBlackProtest and Sunni Islam.Her first book,AmericanMuslimWomen,was awarded the2008BookAward inSocial Sciences by the Association for Asian American Studies. She is formerassociate professor in the department of Religious studies at Spelman College,where she taught courses in the study of Islam for six years. In 2010, Karimtraveled to Malaysia where she began her blog “Race + Gender + Faith”. As anindependent scholar in Atlanta, she presents her research to scholarlycommunities and lectures frequently within Muslim communities. She

occasionally contributes articles on spirituality for AzizahMagazine. In 2014, shewas highlighted as ayoung faith leader in the African American community by JET magazine. Karim holds a doctorate inIslamicstudiesfromDukeUniversity.